'Access to Medical Records'

(File entitled 'Access to Medical Records - Excess Stuff).

Correspondence and papers relating to access to medical records, notably patient access to their own data, linking of road traffic accident data to hospital in-patient data, concerns about guaranteeing confidentiality of computerized health records information, issues of ownership re computerised medical records, disclosure of medical information in context of legal proceedings, access by the clergy to hospital records, life insurance companies and access to medical records, views on the Data Protection Bill introduced 1982, stories of individuals struggling to obtain access to their own records, and the retention, preservation and destruction of records and the responsibilities of Health Authorities under the Public Records Act.

Includes responses to DHSS consultative documents, memorandum by the National Council for Civil Liberties regarding proposed legislation on medical records, 1978, DHSS Health Notices, newspaper and journal articles, leaflet 'The case for: "The right of every adult patient to have access to his or her own medical notes if they wish to" published by Central Birmingham Community Health Council.

1976-1986

1 file